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Has social Media destroyed the fabric of human civilisation?

Billy87

Discussion topic for today - Social Media. I would be interested to hear people's thoughts on this. I believe social media has destroyed the fabric of civilisation. We have lost the ability to "agree to disagree" and to tolerate opinions and beliefs contrary to our own, screeching names and insults at anyone who disagrees with us and calling for them to be cancelled. 

We have become extraordinarily self obsessed and narcissistic, endlessly taking photos of ourselves and posting our every thought to the world. Most of all though I believe we have become incredibly unhappy and unable to experience real life. Most people I see are far more interested in filming and posting their lives to curate a perfect online profile of themselves than in actually living those wonderful moments that make life worth while. For instance, if you see a beautiful sunset is your first instinct to stand there and contemplate its wonder or to post a picture of it online? 
There's lots more that could be said on this discussion, especially the effect on young people.

Would be interested to hear everyone's opinions 

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  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    If everyone was like me, Bezos would still be selling books out of his garage!

  • in reply to Deleted User

    I doubt anyone will read this due to the way thr forum is structured. Newest first meaning replies to older posts get lost

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    I think it isn't just stuff by way of tangible objects. It's also the incessant need to constantly be DOING stuff. It wasn't like this 20 years ago. I remember when doing things used to be a treat. Now it's almost like a god-given right. I don't think it's fomo, it's just that more stuff is now available to do and it probably links with the conspicuous way our lives are lived. Via social media. All I'm thinking of now is "Digger World" as an example. I can't keep up with some people who are constantly on the go doing stuff then complaining that they don't have any time for themselves. 

    And everything has to be some sort of experience now. You can't have anything normal anymore. Social media has inflated the world we live in all sorts of ways from the language we use, how we express ourselves, how we live our lives and how we react. It's far more than sharing photographs. 

    With regards to other people's use of camera phones etc and what they choose to do with their time and hardearned, I'm "live and let live" it's up to other people what they choose to do. It's all relative.

  • in reply to Deleted User

    Sure, but I would say most of the cheap stuff is also low quality I buy things if I really need them. If I don’t need them, I just do t buy them and I often buy second hand things 

  • in reply to Alien0n3arth

    It doesn't need to be sh*t for me to not want it.  There is quite a lot of fine products out there too...all being "pushed" at us all the friggin time from every direction (it seems?)

    I just don't want as much, nor of the same stuff, that most people do......so this lack of appetite perhaps help me feel so 'immune' to the tsunami of sales and marketing of "stuff"......plus I do proactively avoid it wherever i can.....I make it hard to target me with stuff that other people think I should want.  F that.